ANTHOLOGIES
Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
Girls Write Now is thrilled to be in partnership with Dutton, who produced this year’s anthology. A special thanks to the team at Dutton—Christine Ball,Maya Ziv,Marya Pasciuto and Hannah Feeney, and to Feminist Press and Jamia Wilson, who produced the e-book. Thank you as well to Amazon Literary Partnership for their continued support and for recognizing Girls Write Now as a 2020 grant recipient, which directly funds the production of our anthologies.
The Girls Write Now 2020 class of mentees are using their voices for change in one of the most uncertain periods of modern history. This book invites you into their homes and families, their schools and neighborhoods, their hearts, hopes, and fears. Enter a world where clay creatures take on aluminum oppressors. Get thrown against an elevator wall in the midst of a horror story. Go backstage with a rock band, say goodbye to relatives as you start a new life, stand with an engineer solving a coding problem. Stare out from a coffin—or up at whales in the sky—and fall in love with the color of your skin. Experience tragedy in a mosque, feel the wounds of slavery, know the terror of glass shattering in a World War II village, and see how this next generation of leaders look to the past and write their present to create a better future.
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Taking Our Place in History: The Girls Write Now 2020 Anthology
Stories from Inside "Taking Our Place in History" Coming Soon!
Stories from Inside "Taking Our Place in History" Coming Soon!
How to Get Rid of Flowers
A story of my best friend and interacting with others through gifting away flowers after a year of no contact. Created with the background of a pier and New York spring.
My Strands of Identity
I've always wondered about hair and its intricacies…It's just dead cells but we want it to look good. And there's so much to talk about.
everything turns kind of cold
When the world becomes something like hopeless.
Temperature Check – Excerpt
An excerpt from Temperature Check, an Adult thriller featuring Kara, a 22-year old recluse whose life is changed overnight when she is the subject of a viral video, setting off a domino-effect of events.
Snapshot
We were nearing the end of our walk across Spain on the Camino de Santiago. At first, we saw it as a journey of personal growth. A brief snapshot of our privilege gave us pause…
The Letter
The perfect and responsible Elizabeth Hurston had never once made a mistake in her life. Now, she finally realized what it meant to ruin everything.
Living?
As the amalgamation of inherited struggles compiles daily, we the individuals of the world, can’t seem to get it together nor have we come to terms with what it means to be together.
Broken
A short story about the connection between a girl and her necklace.
“listen”
Sometimes you know better, sometimes you confront the part of you that knows better, sometimes you refuse to listen anyway.
Those Who Aren’t Seen
People-watching.
Taking Our Places in History
From the Literary Community
Intersectional Voices in Editorial Print Committee
Every year, the Intersectional Voices in Editorial (IV Edit) Print Committee brings their talents to the task of editing, producing, and promoting this fresh collection of writing from today’s emerging voices. The committee is made up of mentors, mentees, and other volunteers who are passionate about diversifying the publishing landscape.